West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing her concerns about the West Bengal government being excluded from discussions on the Teesta water sharing and Farakka Treaty with Bangladesh.

Banerjee asked the Prime Minister not to have any talks with Bangladesh about these issues without including the West Bengal government.

"I am writing this letter because of the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. It looks like water-sharing issues about the Ganges and Teesta rivers may have been discussed during the meeting. Such discussions without consulting the state government are not acceptable," Banerjee wrote in a three-page letter to Modi.

She highlighted the close relationship between West Bengal and Bangladesh, geographically, culturally, and economically. "West Bengal has worked with Bangladesh on several issues in the past. Agreements on the exchange of India-Bangladesh enclaves, the Indo-Bangladesh Railway Line, and Bus Services are examples of our cooperation. However, water is very precious and vital for the people," she noted.

Banerjee stressed the importance of the issue, saying, "We cannot compromise on such a sensitive issue that has serious impacts on the people. The people of West Bengal will suffer the most from these agreements."

This letter comes after India showed interest in a $1-billion project to conserve the Teesta River in Bangladesh, a project also eyed by China. After talks with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister Modi announced that an Indian technical team would soon visit Dhaka to discuss the conservation and management of the Bangladeshi section of the Teesta River, one of the 54 rivers shared by the two countries.